Ermogenis can be celebrated on 3 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.
Every feast on which Ermogenis is celebrated
| New Calendar | Feast | Old Calendar (civil date) |
|---|---|---|
| May 12 | Hermogenes of Moscow | May 25 |
| September 1 | Evodos, Kallisti and Hermogenes | September 14 |
| October 5 | Hermogenes the Hieromartyr | October 18 |
The saints behind the name
Hermogenes of Moscow
May 12, Hierarch, Ερμογένης Μόσχας
Hermogenes was Metropolitan of Kazan before being chosen Patriarch of Moscow in 1606 during the Time of Troubles. When Polish forces occupied Moscow, he refused to endorse the foreign claimant and sent letters calling the Russian people to rise in defense of Orthodoxy.
Name days: Ermogenis, Hermogenes
Evodos, Kallisti and Hermogenes
September 1, Martyr, Εύοδος, Καλλίστη και Ερμογένης
The holy martyrs Evodos, Kallisti and Hermogenes were siblings who confessed Christ at Nicomedia during the persecutions of the early fourth century. Refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, they were condemned and beheaded together.
Name days: Evodos, Hermogenes, Ermogenis, Kallisti, Callista, Callisti
Hermogenes the Hieromartyr
October 5, Hierarch, Ερμογένης
Hermogenes is commemorated in the Synaxarion as a hieromartyr and wonderworker who confessed Christ and was put to death for the faith. Tradition relates that he ended his martyrdom by fire.
Name days: Ermogenis, Hermogenes, Ermogenes
Also celebrating with Ermogenis
These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:
Hermogenes, Evodos, Kallisti, Callista, Callisti, Ermogenes
What to say on a name day
The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.